Ashley Westerman

Ashley Westerman appears in the following:

Sportscaster Al Michaels remembers the great John Madden

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Al Michaels of NBC Sports about football coach and sportscaster John Madden, who died Tuesday at the age of 85.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal explores the difficulty of motherhood in her directorial debut

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

The new movie The Lost Daughter shows a side of motherhood that Hollywood doesn't often depict.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal explores the honesty of being a mother in her directorial debut

Friday, December 24, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal about her directorial debut The Lost Daughter, which takes a unique look at motherhood. Now in theaters, the film will be on Netflix on Dec. 31.

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3 nurses give their inside story on how omicron is affecting the country

Friday, December 24, 2021

Here's how their hospitals are doing nearly two years into the pandemic, what they are seeing in new omicron patients, and their thoughts on the wave of burnout affecting the industry.

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3 nurses discuss what 2021 has been like for them on the front lines of the pandemic

Thursday, December 23, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three nurses from around the country about how the omicron variant has affected their work and what their year has been like on the front lines of the pandemic.

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'Service above self': Remembering Dr. Horatio Cabasares, who died from COVID-19

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Dr. Horatio Cabasares died from COVID-19 just over a year ago. His son, Hubert, remembers his father, who immigrated from the Philippines and made his mark as the only surgeon in a small Georgia town.

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Washington, D.C., attorney general files 1st civil suit over Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karl Racine, attorney general of the District of Columbia, about the civil lawsuit he's filed over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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New Caledonia might be about to break from France. Here's why the world is watching

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Many voters in the French territory of New Caledonia go to the polls this Sunday to vote on a referendum on independence. It's a moment not lost on China and the United States.

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New Caledonia goes to the polls on self-determination

Friday, December 10, 2021

The French territory of New Caledonia holds its final referendum on independence on Sunday. The outcome could have implications for all the major powers jostling for influence in the vast Pacific.

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Sociologist says women are more likely to choose abortion over adoption

Friday, December 03, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gretchen Sisson, a sociologist at UCSF, who has studied whether the option to put a child up for adoption alleviates the need for a woman to get an abortion.

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Husband and wife duo behind podcast about Sunday political shows hits 250 episodes

Friday, December 03, 2021

Polilogue, a weekly podcast that analyzes every Sunday morning political talk show, just hit its 250th episode. It's produced by a husband and wife who have a young child at home and one on the way.

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Barbados has removed the Queen of England as head of state and is now a republic

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kareem Smith, a journalist with 'Barbados Today,' about the country removing the Queen of England as its head of state and what that means for Barbadians moving forward.

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Former governor who signed Mississippi abortion law weighs in on Supreme Court fight

Monday, November 29, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments over the law.

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Adoptees express their fear, anger and insight on race during social unrest

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Transracial and transnational adoptees say it's been difficult to express their thoughts about race and social justice provoked by police killings, anti-Asian violence and immigration.

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Should I mix and match my COVID booster with my initial vaccine? A doctor weighs in

Friday, November 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at New York University, on mixing and matching COVID booster shots with an original vaccine.

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Adoptees say it's been hard to express their feelings about race during social unrest

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

In recent years, conversations around race and social justice have come to the fore. Trans-racial and trans-national adoptees share how it can be hard to express their thoughts about these issues.

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With American journalist Danny Fenster released, what's next for U.S. and Myanmar?

Monday, November 15, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Zachary Abuza, Southeast Asia expert and National War College professor, about the White House's options following Myanmar's release of American journalist Danny Fenster.

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Washington State to start trial against companies over opioid epidemic

Friday, November 12, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson about a case against three drug distributors for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic, as case's trial starts Monday.

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Migrants entering Poland from Belarus face sub-zero temperatures and military patrols

Thursday, November 11, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Matthew Luxmoore of Radio Free Europe about the growing migrant crisis on the border of Belarus and Poland.

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White House economic adviser weighs in on the inflation spike and spending plan

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with White House economic adviser Brian Deese as inflation soars to its highest in 30 years.

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